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How to Write a Picture Book Teacher's Guide | Brain Burps About Books Children's Publishing Podcast

Katie Davis November 13, 2013

Podcast #157 Share this with your peeps, click here to tweet about it! Announcements Don’t forget it’s PiBoIdMo! check out Tara Lazar’s blog for amazing guest bloggers! Crazy amounts of…

Join the Team and Learn How to Launch Your Book!

Katie Davis November 11, 2013

No one is going to market your books but you, right? But how? I’m about to do something cool, and you can join the team FREE and come with me.…

Brain Burps About Books: Marketing – A Beginner's Guide to Twitter

Katie Davis November 8, 2013

This week I go over the basics of Twitter (um… hence the title, A Beginner’s Guide to Twitter!) Also, check out this incredible package! Get a pen and paper as…

Picture Book Month Interview | Tomie dePaola

Katie Davis November 6, 2013

Podcast #156 Share this with your peeps, click here to tweet about it! Announcements It’s PiBoIdMo! I give my gratitude to Tara Lazar for inviting me to be a part…

Top Five Ways to NOT Sell Yourself

Katie Davis November 5, 2013

I just got an email from someone trying to get me to hire her. Yes, it’s probably from some mass list but I get these kinds of emails all the…

November is Picture Book Month

Katie Davis November 1, 2013

Yes! Right off your sugar high of yesterday, you can go right into November is Picture Book Month! Celebrate Picture Book Month starting today! Today is the beginning of the annual…

Halloween Episode of Brain Burps About Books

Katie Davis October 30, 2013

I just couldn’t. I couldn’t! Betsy Bird’s Scary Books for Halloween | Betsy Bird Reviews episode last week was SO awesome I had to keep it up for this week too.…

Why Julie Hedlund is Crowdfunding Her Next Picture Book

Katie Davis October 25, 2013

This is a fascinating experiment and I urge you to follow along on Julie Hedlund’s journey. This is going to be really something to watch. If you haven’t heard about…

Scary Books for Halloween | Betsy Bird Reviews

Katie Davis October 23, 2013

Podcast #155 Share this with your tweeps, click here to tweet about it! Announcements I have an AWESOME video to go with this podcast – see below! You can see…

Tonight Will Be Scary!

Katie Davis October 21, 2013

I’m going to be interviewing Betsy Bird, she of A Fuse #8 Production. We’re going to be recording a very scary Halloween edition for the podcast. Stay tuned! BwaaaHAHA!!!!

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Welcome! I'm Katie Davis, a children's book author with a passion for helping writers bring their stories to life. Here you'll find tips, tricks, and tales from my twenty years in publishing.

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